You’re having a meeting in your office. During this, people come in without warning and hand you a piece of paper. You glance at the paper and then look back at the person you’re meeting with. By the end of your meeting you’re surrounded by 11 bits of paper.

Sound weird? Bet it happens to you more than you realise.

You climb the ladder, and through a small cloud, there it is… new people to meet and new experiences to be had. And each time a new land to explore: the Land of Birthdays, the Land of Goodies, the Land of Take-What-You-Want and the Land of Do-As-You-Please.

I recently re-read one of my favourite books as a child, "The Enchanted Wood" by Enid Blyton. It was written a while back, in 1939, but in many ways it was the Harry Potter of its day.

Do you write as part of your job? How do you engage with your readers and make sure that you’re meeting their needs?

Read on to discover one simple trick to do to keep your reader upper most in your mind as you write.

How does your writing sound to your reader? Does it move along nicely with variety? Or is it flat and dull?

In this article, I’ll tell you why you should be more Gloria Estefan when you write and how to do just that.

Curious how peer coaching can help out your people? Here are 2 great peer coaching examples that create space, reflection time and build trust between people and across the organisation.

The first is called Talking Partners. Each morning two workmates get together to do 3 things:

Writing and listening makes you a better writer. We all have that voice in our head and when we read that voice speaks the words in front of us.

Before you press send on your next piece of writing, read out your writing and ask yourself these questions:

How many emotions do you experience that you can identify as you’re experiencing them? And what are these emotions?

This was the question asked to 7000 people*. And guess what they said? How many emotions could they identify?

You’re a manager and lead a team. How do you connect with individuals and create an open, healthy communication? This is quite brilliant on the topic.

“Every year when we left California he made index cards for us. He wrote down every phone number where he might possibly be reached and taped a dime next to each number…

A tale of apple strudel, interpersonal dynamics...and monkeys. And why this is important if you’re thinking of getting some training and coaching for the folk in your organisation.

At our table was coffee, apple strudel and vanilla sauce. It was perfectly appley and the vanilla sauce was mmmm-mmm, sublime. We were in downtown Frankfurt and in front of the monkey enclosure at the zoo.

Taking a break is important and time spent outdoors is good for us. It gives us back energy. But is it as simple as just heading outside for a walk? Or should we consider where we’re going?

Here are 4 things to consider before you next stretch your legs.

Why talking about your feelings is good for you.

Researchers at the University of California asked people to give a series of impromptu speeches in front of an audience. Which meant they felt like this 😱.

Why do we love to play games? And is it all a bit of fun? Or are there serious things we can learn?

Research shows that when we’re playing a game we’re the best versions of ourselves.

Don’t dismiss or underestimate roleplaying in learning new communication skills.

There’s real power in ‘being’ someone else - even for 5 minutes.

We all produce work and we all do that from a place. And where we work matters.

What difference would it make to you to think about where you work from and how that effects your focus, your commitment and your output?

A story of managing change, finding freedom in new places and spicing up Saturday afternoons

I look forward to going there and I LOVE the feeling of having been there. And once I’ve been, I feel lighter.

What are you doing to meet your audiences’ needs? How would you rate your connection with them? And what happens when you don’t get them and they don’t get you?

The short answer is that you look a bit daft and it teaches you to laugh at yourself. Here are two occasions when I did not do my homework about who was sitting in front of me.

“That was a slow shuffle through hell – let’s do this again” said no-one ever. Are you a facilitator, teacher or trainer? Here’s how to use laughter to look after people’s energy and, equally importantly, your own.

Learning doesn't always have to be so serious. Here's how to get more engagement, more focus, more fun and more oomph into learning programmes and go from yuck to yay.

“The best course in leadership the school offers” is how it’s often referred to at The Hotelschool The Hague: a five day outdoor programme in The Ardennes, Belgium.

Twelve young leaders are thrown together to complete a range of assignments, 2 night time hikes with overnight camps, a bunch of new leadership theory and not a lot of sleep. Having gone as a co-trainer on a retreat here’s what I learned…

Time to move on: Time for new learning, time to get unstuck, time for a new job. Here are some techniques to help create and manage change.

As a qualified coach when I’m working with someone there are 3 tools that have the biggest impact.

You’ve probably heard of the fear of missing out (FOMO) but what about the joy of missing out (JOMO). Do you know about the great benefits of JOMO?

“People are worried about why you’re not going out” Martin said. I was then a 22 year old student and my friend was disappointed I was yet again not joining the crowd downtown on a Thursday night.

But I had plans.